Devouring the Starry Sky: Cultivation Makes Me Stronger Chapter 46

Although Retnas had desperately tried to catch up in April, spending far more time hunting monsters outside than before and pushing himself much harder—often setting out before dawn and not returning until after dark—

Luo Shen's Combat Power Amplitude was simply too high.

Against monsters of the same quantity and quality, Luo Shen earned nearly a third more Points than he did!

Retnas despaired!

Forget taking first place nine times—even surpassing his previous best of six first-place finishes would probably be impossible. After all, Luo Shen had only been in camp for two months and had already claimed the top spot for two consecutive months.

Since Heaven had given birth to Retnas, why had it also given birth to Luo Shen?!

In a small training hall on the sixth floor of the Nine-story Tower, Luo Shen stood barefoot in long pants, his upper body bare and drenched in sweat. Beads of sweat the size of soybeans slid down his cheeks.

Whoosh!

Within the training hall, just over ten meters long and wide, Luo Shen shifted beneath his feet and stepped forward like lightning. At the same time, his right hand chopped horizontally, and the air let out a tearing sound, like cloth being ripped apart.

The horizontal hand chop had not yet exhausted its momentum when Luo Shen smoothly stepped forward and slashed upward at an angle!

Screech!

This hand chop contained even greater force. The airwaves parted to either side like water, and a string of sonic booms erupted one after another.

His hand was like a real blade, every slash surpassing the speed of sound.

Inside the small training hall,

Luo Shen's figure blurred at times and solidified at others. Every movement of his feet was astonishingly fast, while his hand chops followed the same motions as his usual saber swings, attacking the air.

Read a book a hundred times, and its meaning would reveal itself!

The same applied to movement techniques and blade techniques.

Without day-after-day practice and accumulated experience, no matter how ingenious one's ideas were, they would ultimately remain empty fantasies. Not to mention that his greatest cheat was the proficiency cheat!

A long while later.

"Whew!" Luo Shen stopped and let out a long breath.

He casually grabbed the towel beside him, roughly wiped the sweat from his body, and leaned back against the wall.

"My physical fitness has completely entered the Mid-level War God level. The brute force of a single punch has already exceeded 180,000 kilograms. At this rate, I should reach the threshold of High-level War God in another month."

Throughout April, Luo Shen's physical fitness had improved tremendously. His punching strength had increased by 60,000 kilograms in a single month!

"Still, my blade technique needs further improvement."

After all, the average exertion multiplier for Apprentice-level cultivators on Yunmo Star could reach 10. He was only at 7.5 now, not even up to average. How was he supposed to compare with the geniuses of the universe?

Fortunately, he had already drafted the third blade form in his mind.

Beep beep!

Just as he was thinking, the phone beside him suddenly rang.

"Luo Shen, I'll pick you up at nine thirty tomorrow morning to meet the Head Curator.

—Inspector Wang."

Though it was only a simple sentence, Luo Shen froze on the spot.

Hong?

He was actually going to meet him?

As the world's strongest person, Hong held a status akin to a god in the hearts of all Earthlings. Although Luo Shen was not originally from this world, he still deeply admired him.

It was not because of Hong's strength, but because of the sacrifices he had made for humanity on Earth!

During the Great Nirvana, he and Thunder God had personally ventured deep into the Wilderness Area and signed an agreement with the monster kings. They had given humanity a chance to catch its breath and ensured that the flame of human civilization would not be extinguished.

During the Golden Horn Beast calamity,

He and Thunder God had burned their Domains and fought the Golden Horn Beast to the death. Though they had failed to kill it, they had severely wounded it, creating the perfect opportunity for Luo Feng's Soul Possession later on.

They could have relied on the interstellar transport ship at the Limitless Martial Arts Academy headquarters to barely survive until the end.

They could have held out until the Golden Horn Beast gained the ability to tear apart the interstellar transport ship and kill them, or until it reached a certain level and left Earth.

But they had not.

Just as they had from the beginning, they fought for the fate of humanity on Earth!

For that reason alone, they deserved respect!

"Received."

Luo Shen replied.

Then I'll go meet this legendary strongest man in the world!

The next day.

Hongning Base City, Limitless Martial Arts Academy headquarters.

A Cadillac Extended Sedan drove straight into the headquarters and stopped in an open area.

Two figures stepped out from the open doors on either side. When the patrolling guards saw one of them, they immediately saluted respectfully. "Greetings, Inspector!"

Inspector Wang nodded.

He turned to Luo Shen beside him and asked, "Luo Shen, are you nervous?"

Luo Shen took a deep breath.

It would be impossible to say he was not nervous. After all, he was about to meet Hong, the world's strongest person. But after mentally preparing himself all night, he had instead calmed down upon arriving at the Limitless Martial Arts Academy headquarters.

"I'm fine. Let's go."

With that, Luo Shen stepped forward and headed toward the distant entrance of the interstellar transport ship.

One step, two steps, one step, two steps.

"Hey, Luo Shen, you're going the wrong way!" Inspector Wang hurriedly reminded him from behind.

Luo Shen was dumbfounded. "Huh?"

The Limitless Martial Arts Academy headquarters had indeed been built around an interstellar transport ship, but it did not have only one such ship. That was merely one part of the enormous headquarters.

After all, in the Original Work, Luo Feng had met Hong inside the transport ship every time, so Luo Shen had naturally headed in that direction out of habit.

As a result—

"The Head Curator plans to meet you at his home today." Inspector Wang explained as he led the way. "Normally, you wouldn't be wrong to go that way, but today is a special case."

However, that did nothing to ease Luo Shen's embarrassment. His toes were practically digging out a three-bedroom apartment.

He could only helplessly force out an awkward smile.

Following Inspector Wang, he wound through the courtyard of the Limitless Martial Arts Academy headquarters. At last, the two stopped before an ordinary two-story building.

Inspector Wang smiled. "Go in by yourself. The Head Curator is waiting for you inside."

Judging from his tone, he clearly had no intention of going in.

Luo Shen took a deep breath, then exhaled heavily.

After repeating this several times, his excitement finally subsided. Only then did he calmly push open the door and step inside.

The interior was plain gray, without unnecessary decorations or furnishings. There was only a long solid-wood table, with two plain meditation cushions placed opposite each other. On the table sat a pot of clear tea still giving off steam.

A man sat cross-legged on the other side.

Even while seated, it was obvious that he was very tall. He wore a black training uniform and had close-cropped hair. Time had left no trace on him; he looked like a young man in his twenties.

Yet even while sitting cross-legged, his back remained as straight as a spear. The invisible aura around him made one's heart tremble.

Compared to him,

Inspector Wang's aura was pitifully weak.

They were not on the same level at all.

Hong had his eyes closed and said nothing.

Luo Shen did not move either. He merely stood quietly, watching and sensing the pull of the aura around the other man. Is this the spiritual pressure of a Domain Expert?

Suddenly, Hong opened his eyes!

Their gazes met instinctively. In that instant, Luo Shen felt as if the entire world had completely collapsed. Everything around him blurred away, as though nothing remained except those eyes filled with an indescribable magic.

What kind of eyes were they? Luo Shen could not describe them with words.

Within those eyes, Luo Shen "saw" an incomparably resolute will—sharp, indomitable, forever pressing forward. It was as if all the hardships, dangers, and misfortunes in the world were nothing but clay chickens and porcelain dogs before them!

Those godlike eyes made Luo Shen feel, for the first time, how insignificant his own spiritual will was.

This was Hong!

The world's strongest person!

And also the strongest person in Earth's civilization!